Overview

Our civic engagement and social impact work amplifies our goal of positioning the Indian diaspora to be a force for good. Through reports, thought leadership, and events this work is integral to our mission.

Diaspora Giving Report with Dalberg

The Indiaspora-Dalberg’s Indian American Community Engagement Survey, the first of its kind, found that Indian Americans volunteer at nearly double the national average but give substantially less financially, ultimately leaving significant social impact on the table.

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The Invisible Indian Report with Johns Hopkins

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Indiaspora, released at their Indiaspora Philanthropy Summit 2020, “A Study of Poverty in the Indian American Population,” with researchers Devesh Kapur and Jashan Bajwaat of Johns Hopkins’ Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies that focuses on the underprivileged Indian diaspora in the U.S. While the Indian diaspora is one of the most affluent ethnic minorities in the U.S., Census data found about 250,000 of the 4.2 million Indian Americans in the U.S. live below the poverty line.

With this report, we wanted to draw attention to the plight of the most underprivileged Indian Americans,” said MR Rangaswami, founder of Indiaspora. “With COVID-19 wreaking health and economic havoc, this is an appropriate moment to raise awareness and discuss the issue of poverty that exists in our otherwise affluent community.

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Impactful Civic Events

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Indiaspora Climate Action Forum at COP28

Indiaspora held our Climate Action Forum in Dubai in conjunction with COP28 featuring leaders in the climate space from India, the US, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, and the UK.

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Global India Frontiers Academic Conference

The Global Frontiers Conference in partnership with Princeton’s M.S. Chadha Center for Global India and Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute is the first pan-USA conference that convened academics across multiple disciples to discuss key themes relating to Global India- economy, sustainability, arts, innovation, inclusion, and partnerships.

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